• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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      Do you think it could have been bribery? Lockheed and Boeing have a history of doing so, both legally and illegally. That time a porn-star 9/11’d a yakuza’s kitchen was revenge for this.

    • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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      1. We still do. That was a nascent effort, not some built up military industrial complex and it still exceeded all rivals at the time.

      2. Why? Being a supplicant to a bully.